cygnet
5:49 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

I recall Cottee's deal with Everton was £3k a week.

jooliandix
4:37 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

I remember when Martin Allen was subbed by Bonzo for a terrible tackle against Leeds,in the papers it said he was fined a weeks wages,and it was a grand,I thought the world had gone mad.

SDKFZ 222
4:28 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

I remember reading somewhere at the time that Lampard senior was on £70 per week during the early 70’s. This was when the average take home pay for a working man was about £20-ish.

Dan M
4:10 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

Iron Duke 11:58 Sat Sep 21

NEWTON MOTORS

Leeshere
3:19 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

Wasn’t McAvennie on £2k a week when we resigned him from Celtic? I remember my Dad saying at the time that was crazy money!

eusebiovic
1:04 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

At the time I seem to remember a figure of up to 50k a year for the very best players after bonuses - basic probably 20-30k...

Cheezey Bell-End
12:33 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

I remember it being big news in about 1983 when Bryan Robson was on 750 a week at Man Utd..

Northern Sold
12:32 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

I remember when we got promoted in 93 Mark Robson was on £250 a week... he got a 100% increase our season in the prem to £500 per week

Lily Hammer
12:07 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

They were on Canary Wharf and all that. The suspended ceiling mob too. £100 a day was normal by the late 80s.

angryprumphs
11:59 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

Lily Hammer 1:31 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.Around the 85/86 season, Cottee was on about £500 a week, just like the plasterers and brickies on the terraces.

Pretty sure plasters and brickies werent earning even half that in 86.....

Iron Duke
11:58 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

Ludo wasn’t exactly sponsored by Skoda. He and Matty Holmes had sponsored Skodas from the dealership in Goodmayes.

,
11:53 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

I seem to remember reading an article where Alvin Martin said his peak wage was £1450 pw.

Bernie
11:50 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

Ludo was sponsored by Skoda.

On the outside of the car it said

LUDEK MIKLOSKO DRIVES A SKODA!

BRANDED
11:40 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

Richest 10% of Londoners have more than one and a half times more wealth than Yorkshire and the Humber

Is it cos we have more footy clubs?

Any Old Iron
11:39 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

I remember being shocked to hear that Shearer was on £10k a week at Blackburn around ‘92 or ‘93. At the time I thought a decent player was on around a grand or two. At least then the players didn’t live in gated communities or need bodyguards. They were still blokes who you’d bump into in a pub, more normal. I hate what Sky money has done to the game.

cholo
9:31 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

Late 80s, driving down barking rd to the game, always used to see Ray Stewart driving his sponsored Ford Orion, a far cry from the baby Bentley crew.

Hermit Road
9:03 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

Lily Hammer 1:31 Sat Sep 21

Yeah but he got a free Ford Fiesta with Dagenham Motors written all over it.

lowermarshhammer
8:51 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

I do know for sure that Peter Davenport in 1988 (Manchester United) was on exactly 50k a year before taxes. Not sure about bonuses.

Ronald_antly
7:47 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

Yeah, but back in those days players didn't have to play a couple of games a week quite regularly.

Nor did they have to play midweek internationals, or front up for domestic cup games.

Oh hang on .........

Lily Hammer
1:31 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

Around the 85/86 season, Cottee was on about £500 a week, just like the plasterers and brickies on the terraces.

yngwies Cat
1:26 Sat Sep 21Re: How much did the player earn back in the late 80s/ early 90s.